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Elizabeth Warren: “If I was God and could do anything I wanted, I would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour over 3 years, starting…”

On the recordJune 5, 2013
If I was God and could do anything I wanted, I would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour over 3 years, starting tomorrow.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren advocates for raising the minimum wage to combat poverty and economic inequality.

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